Fifteen American
servicemembers were killed and at least 21 were wounded in separate attacks
in Iraq over the weekend; dozens
more were sickened by a chlorine gas explosion near Baquba.. At least 106
Iraqis also lost their lives and 115 more were wounded during violent activity.
And, Turkey shelled
a number of Iraqi villages in an attempt to combat Kurdish separatist forces,
while U.S. Defense Secretary Gates asked
them to hold off on using military force.

During
an attack southwest of Baghdad on June 1st, a Task
Force Marne soldier was killed; the military had earlier said the death
had occurred on Saturday. Two more GIs were reported to have died in the first
three days of June, bring the total for the month to 17. May was the third
deadliest month of the occupation and the worst for American servicemembers
since 2004.